Example sentences of "[is] generally [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are different opinions about the exact risk involved in oral sex , but it is generally understood to be much less risky than penetrative sex . |
| 2 | Unanimous support is generally understood to be needed for any changes under F1 's Concorde Agreement . |
| 3 | His first major painting is generally acknowledged to be ‘ Three studies for figures at the base of a Crucifixion ’ shown at the Lefevre Gallery , London , in a mixed show with works by Moore and Sutherland . |
| 4 | One is its con-sonance with what is generally acknowledged to be one fundamental principle of justice : that like cases should be treated alike . |
| 5 | The great length of wing which this bird possesses , admirably adapts it for inhabiting such a country as the far interior is generally imagined to be … ’ |
| 6 | Kantor 's method for identifying causes of unavailability is generally recognized to be the most accurate , and has been refined to demonstrate linear relationships between various non-availability categories . |
| 7 | Managers are members of the company pension scheme , which allows for retirement at 60 and is generally recognized to be reasonably generous . |
| 8 | It is clear that finance , even for a small museum , can not be taken lightly , but this is generally felt to be a project that the Society should go ahead with , if at all possible . |
| 9 | He is generally believed to be commemorated in the place name Caradon , which formerly applied only to the hill around which he held sway but now covers a complete District of South East Cornwall . |
| 10 | The kraken is generally believed to be a type of giant cephalopod which normally lives and feeds at the bottom of the ocean . |
| 11 | Cecil chose what is generally believed to be safe stock . |
| 12 | For example , the RVH creche costs £35 per week per child and is generally seen to be ‘ only for children of professionals ’ . |
| 13 | Many of IBM 's customers should be quite attracted to the idea too : APPN is generally recognised to be a flexible and robust set of networking protocols , and its users have substantial amounts of money and expertise tied up in it . |
| 14 | The ideal level of feeding is generally accepted to be one in which the fish is slightly hungry and ready to forage actively for food , most , if not all of the time . |
| 15 | The proportion of false positive diagnoses with physical examination is generally accepted to be low . |
| 16 | The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility . |
| 17 | The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility . |
| 18 | Hewlett-Packard , Sord , RCA and Dot have all plumped for Sony , which is generally reckoned to be ahead in the standard stakes . |
| 19 | Slim 's is generally reckoned to be the best small gig in San Francisco , maybe because there 's a ‘ brew-pub ’ opposite which sells real bitter . |
| 20 | To take the most extreme case , the first English comedy is generally reckoned to be Nicholas Udall 's Ralph Roister-Doister ( date uncertain , but c.1560 ) . |
| 21 | If the ‘ upper class ’ is generally reckoned to be marginal or vestigial and the two principal classes are seen as ‘ middle ’ and ‘ working ’ then it is clear that the British ‘ class system ’ of popular ideology is not equivalent to a ruling class/dominated class dichotomy . |
| 22 | Leopardstown is generally reckoned to be the model for the new Down Royal stand and there are certain similarities I must confess . |
| 23 | No complete census of dolphins has ever been carried out in India , although the total population is generally assumed to be between 4000 and 5000 . |
| 24 | Despite the fact that single-parent families , people on their own , or unrelated people living together constitute 32 per cent of all households ( Central Statistical Office , 1979 , p. 44 ) , the household is generally assumed to be the nuclear family . |
| 25 | Pupils ' work is generally expected to be more practical , the oral being regarded as of the same importance as the written . |
| 26 | This poem is generally agreed to be made up of material from different dates and there are considerable textual differences between manuscript versions . |
| 27 | The front-runner is generally agreed to be the Multiple Non-Transferable Ticket System ( No Refunds ) , which is currently used in Iceland , Bosnia , and parts of Turkey . |
| 28 | Linear B is generally agreed to be an early form of Greek , but Linear A was a different language , which has so far evaded identification . |
| 29 | Coffee decaffeinated by chemicals is generally thought to be as harmful as the beans containing caffeine , so always look for the water processed decaffeinated coffee . |
| 30 | The source of the mineralising fluids is generally thought to be Carboniferous shale basins adjacent to the carbonate plat-forms which host the mineralisation . |